books
New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way
You've played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best book and paper features?
A while back, I casually mentioned that I make paper journals for fun. I am an extremely online person, mind you. I work online....
Final Fantasy XIV’s third Encyclopædia Eorzea volume is available for pre-order
Let's not mince words. If you're a Final Fantasy XIV fan? Here's the link, go get your book. We say that up front because...
MUD creator Richard Bartle’s seminal book on designing MMOs is now free
When MMORPG players encounter the name "Bartle," they think less malt liquor and more a man who helped to pioneer the massively multiplayer online...
Buy a whole book’s worth of technical breakdowns of the EVE Online frigates
Do you enjoy owning books based on MMOs? Are you the sort of person who enjoys in-depth technical diagrams and discussion about fictional craft?...
Blizzard’s new book publishing company is bringing back oldies but goodies
Remember last year when Activision Blizzard announced it was getting into the entertainment business with its movie production studio? It's also getting into the...
A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Condensing ‘The Video Game Debate’
Remember The Video Game Debate? The game research book edited by Thorsten Quandt and Rachel Kowert, the latter of whom we've been covering here since Massively-that-was? Good....
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the MMORPG bookworm
Hey you! Yeah, the player who actually reads quest text and lore entries when all of the other hooting madmen are furiously clicking past...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival: The lore book in review
The Final Fantasy XIV lore book should not exist. I don't mean that it's something I wish had never been made; I mean that...
World of Warcraft’s lore book previews the cosmology around Azeroth
If you've never cared about the lore behind World of Warcraft, the hardcover Warcraft Chronicles book releasing on March 15th is unlikely to change...
‘Father of MMORPGs’ Richard Bartle is publishing new books on the genre
"Father of MMORPGs" Dr. Richard Bartle, author of the pioneering research that spawned the Bartle test, is publishing two new books about our imperiled genre.
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